Muscles of the Tongue
Description
A deep lateral view illustrating the extrinsic muscles of the tongue and associated structures.
Original diagram by Ana Bordas Mateo.
22 Terms
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Digastric (cut posterior belly)
Fibrous loop for intermediate tendon of digastric
GENIOGLOSSUS
GENIOHYOID
Hard palate (sectioned)
HYOGLOSSUS
Hyoid bone
Inferior constrictor
Intermediate tendon of digastric (sectioned)
Mandible (sectioned)
Mastoid process of temporal bone
Middle constrictor
Mylohyoid
PALATOGLOSSUS
STYLOGLOSSUS
Stylohyoid
Styloid process of temporal bone
Stylopharyngeus
Superior constrictor
Thyrohyoid membrane (connects hyoid bone to larynx)
Thyroid cartilage of larynx
Tongue